Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261820AbVDERne (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:43:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261844AbVDERne (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:43:34 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:18095 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261820AbVDERQU (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:16:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:16:15 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Jason Davis Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Jason Davis Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.12-rc1-mm4 x86_64 genapic update Message-ID: <20050405171615.GA11088@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050401173727.GA26638@righTThere.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050401173727.GA26638@righTThere.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 907 Lines: 20 On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:37:27PM -0500, Jason Davis wrote: > Hello, > > x86_64 genapic mechanism should be aware of machines that use physical APIC > mode regardless of how many clusters/processors are detected. ACPI 3.0 FADT > makes this determination very simple by providing a feature flag > "force_apic_physical_destination_mode" to state whether the machine > unconditionally uses physical APIC mode. Unisys' next generation x86_64 > ES7000 will need to utilize this FADT feature flag in order to boot the > x86_64 kernel in the correct APIC mode. This patch has been tested on both > x86_64 commodity and ES7000 boxes. Patch is ok for me. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/